Ever since Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi's troops came out, Deng Xuan and others had actually lost all opportunities.
Even if there are only a few hundred people, it is enough to accomplish something, not to mention that there are not many people in Commander Deng Xuan's formation.
Previously, I saw that Xu Sheng actually led his troops to break through the Huolu City Gate and enter the city. I was afraid that he would take the lead and enter the city first and plunder first.
Deng Xuan and the Guo brothers were all greedy.
Originally he was a man who didn't have much brains in leading an army, and he led a ragtag group of people, who all pressed forward.
Now most of the people are trapped under Huolu City, who can keep them safe?
Even those strong men trained by the Guo brothers, even if they had some martial arts skills, were no match for Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, not to mention that they were frightened to death when they saw the great monk's killing momentum.
After only a few moments of effort, Zhending Mansion's army commander asked two people to lead the troops to kill them, and the rebels fled in all directions.
The Guo brothers didn't care about advancing or retreating with Lord Tongpan, so they only gathered their closest men and fled.
Deng Xuan was followed by a group of cronies who came out of Zhending Mansion and worked under Tongsuan Yamen.
Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi killed the miscellaneous soldiers, but suddenly saw two cadre leaders trying to escape. Without saying a word, they picked up their swords and chased after them. Lu Zhishen also shouted to Yang Zhi.
"Brother, leave the one with more people over there to my brother. You will suffer a little loss and go after the one with less people."
While he was talking, people were already beating the horse to kill him.
When Yang Zhi saw this, even though he wanted to persuade him, he had no choice but to rein in his horse and go after Deng Xuan.
On the wall of Huolu City, Gao Kan looked at the battle situation below. Knowing that the big thing had been decided, he asked someone to call Cao Qi and asked him to lead the remaining troops in the city who were not going to surround the rebel army outside the city, and go to ambush Jin. Reinforcements from the army.
After Cao Qi led his troops, he called someone to send a message to Lin Chong's troops and immediately rushed to Zhending Mansion.
It is said that soldiers are expensive and quick, and the fighting at Lucheng stopped. At this time, neither the Jinren nor the Zhending Mansion knew the situation.
Before the enemy is aware of the reaction, the magic weapon descends from the sky to achieve full success.
Gaokan was sitting in the city, waiting for the victory of all the people and horses, and the first one was naturally the one under the city.
The battle continued until sunset. The rabble brought by Deng Xuan were surrounded and killed by 40 to 50%. The remaining ones finally had no intention of fighting anymore and surrendered honestly one by one.
When Commander Xianfeng came to report the time, Gao Kan was having dinner in the government office.
Holding chopsticks in his hand, he waved for him to sit down and talk. He asked his servants to bring him a bowl, and then asked: "The war outside the city has stopped?"
"Young Master Qi, the army surrounded and killed thousands of enemies for half an hour, and all the remaining rebels have surrendered." Pioneer Commander replied immediately.
"Okay, okay, how many people have been demoted? Have they been counted and recorded?" Gaokan asked with a slight nod.
"A rough estimate is that there are about four to five thousand surrendered soldiers. The detailed count has not yet been carried out. The general has sent people to disperse the troops. All the surrendered soldiers will be gathered in an empty place outside the city for the time being and will be strictly guarded before disposal." Pioneer Ruler replied again. road.
Gao Kan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then said: "Those surrendered soldiers must be clearly distinguished, which ones are the common people who were forced to come here, which ones were the soldiers under the original Zhending Mansion, and which ones were the two Guo brothers who followed the Guo Family Village. Those strongmen and thieves who are ganging up with thieves, and those whose hands have been contaminated with human lives and are causing harm to one party, don't need to keep them, they will be cut off."
"Yes, general, take your orders." Pioneer Rule immediately responded with clasped fists.
"As for ordinary people, those who are willing to stay and join the army to defend the country and serve the country will be incorporated into the army. Those who want to return home will be provided with travel expenses and let them go home."
Having said this, Gaokan paused for a moment and continued: "As for the soldiers who were originally under the rule of Zhending Mansion, you were soldiers who ate the emperor's food, received the emperor's pay, and were deeply favored by the emperor. When foreign enemies invaded, you should have fought to the death to protect them. The family defends the country, but then goes along with the rebellion and surrenders to the bandits, which is a heinous crime."
"However, I think they are just ordinary soldiers. The superior officer ordered them to surrender. They also have difficulties. I specially allow them to perform meritorious service and form a separate battalion. They can be used as vanguards in future battles."
"As long as they bravely kill the enemy and perform meritorious service in the future, they can atone for the crime of being surrendered. As for military pay, pensions, etc., they are all consistent with the official and military system. These things about counting and distinguishing people must be explained in detail to the soldiers. Do you understand? ?”
"Yes, I will understand." Pioneer continued.
"Okay, let's go to work after dinner. In addition, we will call the kitchen camp for breakfast. We will get good wine and meat. All the soldiers have worked hard to defend the city. Today's victory is a good reward for the three armies."
Gao Kan waved his hand and told the Pioneer Commander to have a full meal first and then go about his business.
After finishing the meal, the Pioneer Commander withdrew with gratitude.
Not long after the talent left, someone came from outside to report that Cao Qi had brought troops into the city and was waiting outside the government office to see him.
When Gao Kan heard this, he quickly asked the general to come in and talk.
Not long after, Cao Qi saw Cao Qi Feng Feng Huohuo. He walked in with a face full of joy. He bowed to him as he entered the door: "The general will live up to your expectations. I will kill all the soldiers and horses of the golden thief!"
Hearing this, Gaokan was overjoyed and clapped his hands and said, "Okay, General Cao is brave and has done a great job in wiping out the gold thieves' vanguard troops this time."
As he spoke, he helped Cao Qi up and continued to ask: "How is our brother's loss?"
"Young Master, we have lost about 20% of the troops we brought with us. In addition, the brothers who had previously ambushed and intercepted the gold thieves also lost hundreds of people. In total, there are about eight or nine hundred people." Cao Qi faced. He said slightly sadly.
Gao Kan calculated in his mind that the first force sent to intercept the Jin army's thousand thick armored cavalry was 2,000 men and horses, and later Cao Qi brought over a thousand more reinforcements.
All told, there were more than 3,000 people who surrounded and killed the Jin Army's vanguard cavalry.
The loss was eight to nine hundred, and the battle loss rate was considered to be nearly one-third.
However, the Jin Army's thick-armored cavalry was well-equipped and they were all brave and capable cavalry. In the past, when the Song Army and the Jin Army's cavalry fought in the field, the battle losses were at least 50%, and they were basically defeated.
This is the first time that the losses in a battle are less than 30% and the victory is complete, so naturally it is a big victory.
Thinking of this, Gao Kan patted Cao Qi on the shoulder to comfort him. Gao Kan continued: "When the two armies are fighting, battle losses are inevitable. The Jin army is better equipped than us, and they all have tall and powerful cavalry. It’s quite good to be able to fight like this, General, don’t worry too much.”
Cao Qi followed Gaokan to fight, and he fought several small battles along the way.
This is not the first time that the Jin cavalry has been encircling and suppressing the Jin cavalry. In the last battle at Bailingzhai, the Jin army was even more numerous, but the damage was far less severe than this time.
As for fighting the Song rebels and attacking the city, the losses would be even smaller.
In fact, every time they fought, they not only captured the city, but also had more soldiers and horses after the battle.
It was precisely because of the previous experiences that Cao Qi felt that he had lost so many men in the extermination of the Jin army.
If he fought with the Jin Army's East Route Army in the east, or fought with the Jin Army's West Route Army in Taiyuan, he would see the Song Army defeat the Jin Army several times or even ten times the enemy's strength. This time He wiped out a thousand Jin cavalry soldiers and horses in one breath, only to lose eight or nine hundred people. I'm afraid he would be so happy that he would fly into the sky.
However, Gao Kan didn't say this to him. He still had important things to talk to him about at the moment.
